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DJ Buck
Nervous Acid 12"

new disco cover of an acid classic

House heads are all pretty familiar with the sound of Bobby Konder's "Nervous Acid," one of his deepest acid tracks ever, but for Tu Rong #6, DJ Buck has taken the liberty of covering it and transforming it into a punky-funk disco stomper. It's pretty much spot on, just switch out the TB-303's and drum machines for real drums and bass guitar. An interesting new disco take on an acid-house classic that fans of Rong, Brennan Green, or In Flagranti will be into. One sided vinyl, plays at 45.
reviewed by snackmaster

file under:
house / minimal / techno - classics / rong + related / re-edits - disco + italo + cosmic + rockish / re-edits / and more

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Galaxy Toobin'
Thing Are Looking Up (Lee Douglas Remix) 12"

synth driven cosmic disco and beats

Cool remixes for Galaxy Toobin (aka Eliot Lipp and Speculator) from NY's Lee Douglas and DJ Overdose. You might recognize Lee Douglas' name from his excellent productions on Rong and his tasty edits on Black Disco and here he reworks "Things Are Looking Up(1)" into a euphoric space disco trip. Lots of bright, airy synths propel you through the sky while the bass and drums keep your feet happily shuffling on the ground below. DJ Overdose takes it the opposite direction and gives "Toobin Through The Galaxy(2)" a dark and sinister twist, with menacing synths and hard edged beats. Also includes the Galaxy Toobin' original "Motion(3)." High quality import pressing, plays at 45.
reviewed by the mgmnt

file under:
dance + house + new disco + electro + nujazz / rong + related / minimal house + techno / house / minimal / techno / and more

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Scotty Coats & Wes The Mes
Double Fisted (Prins Thomas Remixes) 12"

West Coast connection in effect on this one: Scotty Coats (took me a second to figure out why name was so familiar - dude was in charge of sales down @ Ubiquity, been receiving his emails for a while now) and Wes the Mes (in my favourite name top 10 now), probably old compadres of Spun and Ben. The duo comes correct with a proper (non-demo) version of their "Double Fisted(1)" track and even get Norwegian disco wizard Prins Thomas to turn in his signature "Disko Miks(2)" of the track. There's actually two Prins Thomas versions on here, the other(3) is super extended with all kinds of funk guitar and instrumentation. Also includes the lo-fi rockin' sound of "R.I.P. Mike Conley(4)."
reviewed by snackmaster

file under:
dfa + related / rong + related / new disco / cosmic / edits

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Shocking Pinks
Cutout / Dressed To Please Remixes 2x12"

Heavyweight double 12" pack featuring two big remixes of "Cutout" off Shocking Pinks' DFA debut, plus three new mixes of the non-album "Dressed To Please." Ex-Tussle member Alexis Georgopoulos and compadre Quinn Luke flesh out the drum-centric aspect of "Cutout" on their Expanding Head Band remix(1), then Lee Douglas(2) flips the script completely on his beautiful and hypnotic slow tribal remix (hands down my pick of the bunch here). The second 12" features three deep, dubby instrumental mixes of "Dressed To Please," the most substantial being the Deepchord remix(3), followed by the sidelong Echospace reduction(4) and Nathan Fake remix(5). "Cutout" mixes play at 45, "Dressed" at 33.
reviewed by Chris Lemon-Red

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dfa + related / rong + related / new disco / cosmic / edits

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Woolfy
Oh Missy (In Flagranti Remix) 12"

The latest split label relese from Rong and DFA comes from LA's own Simon James (aka Woolfy) with the first single off his forthcoming album. With previous releases on Rong, Mindless Boogie, and Permanent Vacation, Woolfy is no noob and you can chalk "Oh Missy(1)" up there as another super feel-able, electro disco-rocker. Flipside is taken over by the In Flagranti boys who take the original and tweak the shit out of it in two separate flavors. First you get the hilariously titled "Meat-packing mix(2)" (and if you've ever been to a club in the Meat Packing district in NYC, you can see how this might fit), and also the "Xenon mix(3)" which has their signature new disco thump kinda sounding like Metro Area's "Miura" put through a trashy glam filter.
reviewed by snackmaster

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dfa + related / rong + related / new disco / cosmic / edits / cosmic + balearic + rock-ish

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